Jeremiah 15:21:3Jer.15.21.W3TAB
רָעִ֑ים
raim
“wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- ra-IM
- Extended
- raa-IHM
- IPA
- /raːʕiˈm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ra-IM
- phraseyour reading level
mi-YAD ra-IM
- clause
ve-hit-TSAL-ti-KHA mi-YAD ra-IM
- sentence
ve-hit-TSAL-ti-KHA mi-YAD ra-IM u-fe-DI-ti-KHA mik-KAF a-TSIM
Exegesis
The adjectives ra'im {רָעִ֑ים | rā-ʿîm} ‘wicked’ and aritzim {עָרִצִֽים | ʿā-ri-ṣîm} ‘ruthless’ specify moral and violent threats. Hebrew word order places the verb plus pronoun at the beginning of each clause for emphasis, mirrored in English by balanced constructions.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–ayin
“evil, wickedness”
In context — Jeremiah 15:21
And I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked , and I will redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Jeremiah 15:21, so the Hebrew word רָעִ֑ים (raim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.15.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.21.W3.S1) and character.